A deal for a downtown Fresno card room to purchase a parking garage and retail space blocks away appears to have fallen apart. Brixton Capital, which partnered with Club One Casino, has pulled out of a deal in which it would have paid $1.7 million for the so-called spiral garage...
Council Asks Why It Wasn’t Told of Audit Before Spiral Garage Sale
A Fresno City Council subcommittee wondered aloud why it didn’t have access to an internal audit of the city’s parking program before selling the spiral garage last December. The council's Finance and Audit Committee heard two hours of presentations from city staff Monday on the parking audit released last month....
A Brief History of Fresno's Spiral Garage
When city leaders approved the spiral garage 51 years ago, they hoped it would strengthen the Fulton Mall, which had been closed to auto traffic just a few years prior. The city initially approved building the garage in February 1968. The minutes of the meeting estimated the minimum cost to...
Notes on Spiral Garage Appraisal
Gregg Palmer of James. G. Palmer Appraisals Inc. of Fresno performed the appraisal of the spiral garage and its adjoining commercial space, delivering the report to City Hall in February 2018. The 121-page document details the properties, Fresno’s demographics and economy, and the basis of the appraisal. The document contains...